DNI

Acquisition, Technology, & Facilities - What We Do

Monday, April 09, 2012

Acquisition, Technology, & Facilities

What We Do

The Acquisition, Technology and Facilities organization leads the Intelligence Community’s efforts to enhance the returns on investments in technology and facilities. Our mission is to catalyze the delivery of innovative, technology-based capabilities which solve intelligence challenges today and in the future. In partnership with our colleagues at Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), we take a portfolio approach to acquire capabilities now, to coordinate those that will come next, and to sponsor research that will lead to new capabilities after next.

AT&F has five primary mission areas: Acquisition, Facilities, Procurement, Science & Technology, and IARPA. The Acquisition Division works collaboratively with Intelligence Community partners to advance and support high quality Major Systems Acquisitions with an end goal of improving intelligence collection and analysis. The Facilities Division provides a holistic view of real property assets for the IC, including facilities planning, readiness, and infrastructure support. Procurement leads efforts to improve contracting and procurement activity and promote best practices and consistent policies across the IC. The Science and Technology Division champions S&T strategies, policies, and resource allocations that deliver mission superiority, and seeks to connect emerging S&T with mission needs. IARPA invests in high-risk, high-payoff research programs that have the potential to provide our nation with an overwhelming intelligence advantage over future adversaries.

Our work focuses on community-wide efforts designed to meet our collective needs today and into the future. AT&F directs and coordinates the activities of several cross-Community groups:

Intelligence Community Acquisition Council

IC Procurement Executive Council

National Intelligence Science and Technology Committee

Facilities Working Group

Supply Chain Management Working Group

Total Asset Management Working Group

Acquisition, Technology, & Facilities - Who We Are

Monday, April 02, 2012

Acquisition, Technology, & Facilities

Who We Are

Kevin Meiners is the Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Acquisition, Technology & Facilities. In this role, he explores and delivers complex technologies underpinning national missions.

The AT&F organization includes senior leaders and subject matter experts drawn from across the Intelligence Community with significant experience in the intelligence, military, law enforcement, legislative, scientific, and corporate sectors. These individuals bring years of experience and expertise in the fields of Program Management, Systems Engineering, Research, Procurement, and Facilities Management, among others. Collectively, we bring focus to the interconnections between and among these disparate specialties to advance the Intelligence Community as a single enterprise.

Develop and implement standardized processes for collaboration between the Intelligence Community and Federal, State, Local, and Tribal Partners.

International Partners

Develop and implement an enterprise approach to foreign intelligence relationships, aimed at integrating and optimizing Intelligence Community engagement with foreign partners.

Support the overseas DNI Representatives through direct engagement that facilitate their leadership of the Intelligence Community team in the field • Lead coordination of Intelligence Community sharing and foreign liaison issues through various DNI committees and forums.

Integrate and align key foreign intelligence relationships through the development of ODNI Partnership Plans, as a complement to the ODNI Unifying Intelligence Strategies.

Military Partners

Identify emerging issues and forge solutions to ensure the fullest utilization of U.S. national intelligence capabilities in support of military operations.

Develop and sustain communications and collaborative networks between the Intelligence Community and U.S. Military organizations.

Lead, manage and oversee the DNI Representative program at military commands.

Foster quality Intelligence Community participation in the joint military education continuum, focusing on improving war fighter knowledge of national and allied intelligence capabilities.

Private Sector Partners

Raise awareness of the importance of partnerships between the Intelligence Community and the private sector.

Facilitate the sharing of appropriate and relevant intelligence information to the private sector.

Improve and expand relationships with the private sector to build trust and leverage existing efforts for the Intelligence Community.

Maximize the use of private sector information and expertise to support intelligence missions while protecting privacy and civil liberties.

Partner Engagement - What We Do

Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Partner Engagement

What We Do

Partner Engagement’s mission is to strengthen relationships inside the United States Intelligence Community and with other U.S. and international partners to protect our nation.

PE's commitment is the serve as an advocate for customer requirements and outcomes; make responsible information sharing a routine part of our culture; and develop, implement, and expediteinteragency Intelligence Community solutions.

PE’s overall goals are to integrate intelligence to meet operational requirements; build a culture of sharing between the U.S. Intelligence Community and our customers; create new and sustain current responsible intelligence sharing practices with our international partners; advocate for and support implementation of common processes, tools, and resources; and advance the credibility and integrity of the ODNI as an enduring national security institution.